Distributed fair access point selection for multi-rate IEEE 802.11 WLANs

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E91-D, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1193-1196

  Gong, Huazhi ^a   Nahm, Kitae ^b   Kim, Jong Won ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG INFORMATION SYSTEMS AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

AP (access point) selection; Distributed selection algorithm; Max min throughput fairness; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ACCESS POINT SELECTION; AP (ACCESS POINT); DISTRIBUTED SELECTION; FAIR BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION; IEEE 802.11 NETWORKS; MAX-MIN; MULTI-RATE IEEE 802.11; SIGNAL STRENGTHS;

FREQUENCY ALLOCATION;

EID: 68149101485     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: 17451361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e91-d.4.1193     Document Type: Article

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